Vehicle-tire.



PATENTED ,JUNE 5 1906. J. CHRISTY. VEHICLE` TIRE.

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AJAMES CHRISTY, OF AKRON, OHIO. I

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` -Specication of Lettersl Patent.

Patented June 5, 190e.

Application filed August 11,1905. Serial No. 273,788.

It embodies vdetachable metal rings which enga e over flanges at the base oi. the tire to-'ho d the same to the rim, and these rings are held in place'by clips which are fastened in one way or another to the rim or the felly.

The object of Ithe,invention is to form an improved device of the kind characterized particularly by simplicity and by secure means for holding the tire in place, the parts bein so constructed that the tire may be readily detached or attached.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of the wheelrim and tire. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one ci the clips used to hold the rings in place. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a modiied form of clip. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of another modification. Figs. 5 and 6l are perspective views of modiii'cations.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a pneumatic 'tire ofV any desired style Vor construction, having at its base flanges 7 on each side. l

8 indicates rings Which are shaped to lie or fit over the flanges in order to hold the tire in place. These rings fit snugly over or around the rim 9 of the Wheel, which rim is secured to the elly 10 by bolts 11. The rim is of greater width than the felly, so that it extends beyond the same on each side thereof.

To hold the rings 8 in place on the rim and a ainst the langes ofthe tire, clips 12 are emp oyed. Several forms of these clips are shown. In Figs. land 2 the clips are bolted at one end to the felly by cross-bolts 13 extending therethrough.. With this form the edges of the rim 9 are notched, as at 14, and the clips are notched, as at 15, to form a neck Which'its in the notch 14 and assists in holding the clips place. The bodies .of the clips are bent to t'against the side of the fellyand against the under or inner side of the projectthereby holding the ring ing ortion of the rim, with .the head of the clip earing against the side of the ringS.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the rim is not notched; but the clip is bent to extend around the edge of the rim, with its outer end bearing against the' ring 8;

In Fig. 4 instead of boltingthe clips to the felly, as above described, they are secured to the under side of the projecting parts of the rim by vmeans of cap-screws 16, tapped through the clips and into the rim.

The forms shown in Figs. 5 and are designed especially to avoid the possibility-of the rings jumping or springing out of the clips.

lower edge, and the clip 12 is shaped fat the head to engage over this rib, as seen at 12?,

also holdingthe ring against the base of the tire. In Fig. 6 instead of the rib 8l1 on the ring a notch 8b is cut therein, and the lip-of the clip fits in the notch and holds the ring 1n place.

In placing the tire it is put on the rim and the rings are then slipped on. The clips are then put in place and the parts bolted to- To detach the tire,. it is simply gether.

the clips and slip oi one necessary to loosen ring. 1

To thisend, as shown in Fig. 5, the'I y ring 8 is provided with a rib or bead 8.a at its against the rim and Having thus described my invention, what i is claimed as new, and desired to be secured y by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wheel having -a felly, rim, .and a yielding tire which rests on the rim, the base of. the tire being narrower than the rim, in combination with rings which the rim and overhan the base of the tire at each side thereof, an clips which 'are secured to the telly and extend out beside and beyond the edge of the rim and engage the rings thereon.

2. The combination with a wheel-telly having an extended rirn thereon, and a yielding tire resting on the rim having side anges'at its base, the rim being wider than the felly and tire-base, of rings whicht upon the rim and overhang the flanges of the tire, and clips which are secured to the felly and extend out' fit over and rest upon vloo In testimony whereof have signed v name to this specification in the presence of Io two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES CHRISTY.

Witnesses: FRED N. SHAFFER, J. H. CONNER. 

